By Tony Cox

Mon, 05 June, 2017 — Sat, 10 June, 2017

Cast: Kay McAllister, Graham MacKay Bruce and Ali Watt Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick ‘Fritz’ Loewe – neither of whom has ever been to Scotland – have just put the finishing touches to their musical ‘Brigadoon’. Now they are holding auditions for the leading role of Fiona and find out from one of the young […]

By Dave Anderson

Mon, 29 May, 2017 — Sat, 03 June, 2017

Cast: Miriam Elwell Sutton, Kevin Lennon, Christine Bovill and Dave Anderson The world sometimes seems like a fairground: loud, colourful and confusing. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy in this perplexing world. He’s a footballer, she’s a brain-box. Across the sea, there’s a dangerous idiot being listened to. It feels as if the ground they […]

By Sean Hardie

Mon, 22 May, 2017 — Sat, 27 May, 2017

Cast: Jimmy Chisholm and Daniel Cahill. Exiled King Maximilian Xth of Octavia shares an attic flat off the Dunbarton Road with his son and heir the Crown Prince Pauli. He’s been there fifty years but still dreams of going home. Pauli just wants to be rich and successful and get laid.  They should  be careful what they […]

By Peter McDougall

Mon, 15 May, 2017 — Sat, 20 May, 2017

Cast: Bill MacBain and Alison Peebles Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with Ayr Gaiety.  A long time together couple; grew up together in marriage; grew together in marriage; matured into middle age together and are now aging together but, Marcia, believes, and is convinced, she is […]

By Anita Alexander Rae

Mon, 08 May, 2017 — Sat, 13 May, 2017

Cast: Molly Innes, Natali Mcleary (The David MacLennan Award winner) When Cher is caught stealing, department store manager Tess lets her off with a warning. Moved by this unfamiliar act of mercy, Cher repeats her theft again and again, and a fragile bond develops between the two women. But as their relationship grows, so too does […]

By David Weir

Mon, 01 May, 2017 — Sat, 06 May, 2017

Cast: Sally Reid, Cameron Fulton and Jonathan Watson Kevin’s a teenager who wants nothing more than a drift through life and the undying love of The One And Only Girl In All The World.  But while Kevin sleeps and dreams, The Man in Black has other plans for his future. Three actors: nine roles.  A fast-moving […]

By Clara Glynn

Mon, 24 April, 2017 — Sat, 29 April, 2017

Cast: Nalini Chetty, Jennifer Black and Shane Convery Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with the Traverse Theatre.  In the middle of the night a young woman arrives at Martine’s door looking for shelter.  SAFE PLACE is a timely drama exploring the tricky relationship between trans rights […]

By David Cosgrove

Mon, 17 April, 2017 — Sat, 22 April, 2017

Cast: Alison Peebles, Neshla Caplan and Andrew Still Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with the Traverse Theatre.  Talking to the dead is a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it. Betty has been talking to dead people for thirty years and she’s weary, heart sore, and […]

By Peter Arnott

Mon, 10 April, 2017 — Sat, 15 April, 2017

Cast: Alex Fthenakis and James MacKenzie Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts and the Traverse Theatre.  When a famous Shakespearian actor shot and killed President Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre, it was supposed to be his greatest performance – the spectacular highlight of his theatrical […]

By Giles Croft

Mon, 03 April, 2017 — Sat, 08 April, 2017

Cast: Giles Croft A play in 22 attempts Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with the Traverse Theatre.  Jabez Wolffe; Channel swimmer, variety artist and international sporting hero received obituaries in papers as important as the New York Times, The Jewish Chronicle and the Dundee Courier. For […]

By Hilary Lyon

Mon, 27 March, 2017 — Sat, 01 April, 2017

Cast: Buchan Lennon, Hilary Lyon, Gail Watson and Clare Waugh Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with the Traverse Theatre.  Living in the same street doesn’t mean that you inhabit the same universe. Being neighbours in a well-heeled part of Edinburgh, Susie and Jennifer have the same postcode but share […]

By Jane Livingstone & Jonathan Cairney

Mon, 20 March, 2017 — Sat, 25 March, 2017

Cast: Grant O’Rourke. Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór, presented in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts.  It’s 1979 and rising Scottish darts star Jocky Wilson is in America to play an exhibition match. He misses his ride to the next venue and, flat broke, sets out to hitch hike across […]

By Gavin Smith

Mon, 13 March, 2017 — Sat, 18 March, 2017

Cast: Tom Marshall , Nicola Roy and Vari Sylvester. Geraldine has big plans for her retirement. Free from work. Daughter moved out. Disposable cash to burn. She’s going to fulfil her creative ambitions, travel the world with friend Peter and cram as much ‘fun’ as possible in to the next 20 or so years before […]

By Stuart Hepburn

Mon, 06 March, 2017 — Sat, 11 March, 2017

Cast: Ron Donachie, James Rottger and Ashley Smith. In June 1940, Churchill hailed the “miracle of Dunkirk,” when all 350,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force were evacuated to safety. But for the men of  51st Highland Division, there was no miracle. Sacrificed in a secret  political deal, Churchill  ordered them to stay and fight […]